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' W. A. CRISLIP.

WASHING MACHINE.

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WILLIAM A. ORISLIRLOF NERO, WEST VIRGINIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part' of Letters Patent No. 506,476, dated October10, 1893. I Application filed May 27, 1892. Serial No. 434,535. (Nomodel.) 7

in the county of Barbour and State of West Virginia, have invented a newand useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing machines.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of washing machines, and to facilitate the operation ofWashing by acting electrically on the chemical elements of hard water tosoften the latter.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing machineconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of thestationary rubber. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of one end of thestationary rubber.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures'of the drawings.

1 designates a semi-cylindrical washing machine body supported byinclined legs 2 and provided on its curved bottom with a curvedstationary rubber 3 conforming to the configuration of the bottom andadapted to co-operate with an oscillating rubber 4 connected with thesides of the body by link plates 5. The link plates are provided attheir ends with oppositely disposedjournals 6 and 7, the former of whichextend outward and are arranged in suitable bearings in the sides of thebody and are secured by nuts, and the other journals 7 extending inwardand arranged in bearing openings of pa'rallel bars 8 of the oscillatingrubber andsecured by nuts. The parallel bars extend upward fromsegmental sides 9 of the oscillating rubber and are connected' at theirupper ends by a handle bar 10. The oscillating rubber is segmental inlongitudinal section, and is composed of the segmental sides 9,transverse strips 11 arcrimp the clothes being washed and create a,

suction thereby removing the dirt and stains. By reason of having therolls 12 corrugated or fluted, the same will not slip over the clothes,but will firmly grip the same to secure, together with the transversestrips, a thorough rubbing of the clothes between the stationary andmovable rubbers, so that a most efficient washing thereof is effected,and the usefulness of the machine is greatly enhanced by having analternation of the rolls and transverse strips from end to end of thespace between the sides 9, thereby greatly increasing the rubbing area.

The stationary curved rubber 3 consists of a series of transverse strips14 having their upper faces corrugated and which are segmental in crosssection and are arranged loosely on curved wires 15 which are providedat one end of the body with loops 16, and have their other ends 17threaded and provided with nuts which secure the transverse strips 14 onthe wires. The loops 16 fitin eyes 19 of hinge plates 20 which aresecured at one end of the body and hinge the stationary rubber thereto,and the stationary rubber is adapted tobe swung out of the body when itis desired to clean the parts. The transverse strips 14 by beingsegmental in cross section are adapted to be interchanged so as toequalize the Wear and increase the durability of the machine.

In order to separate and space the strips 14, and thereby greatlyfacilitate washing, metallic disks 2]. and 22-are loosely arranged onthe wires and interposed between the transverse strips 14. By reason ofinterp'os ing the loose washers 21 and '22 between the transverse strips14 of'the stationary rubber, the said transverse strips are allowed toyield somewhat when the clothes are undergoing washing thereon by theoscillations of the movable rubber, while at the same time such washerskeep the said strips sufficiently apart so asto' allow the water toproperly circulate in working its way through the clothes being washed.

It will be seen that the washing machineis simple and comparativelyinexpensive inconstruction, that by it clothes may be thoroughly washedwithout liability of injuring the fabrics, and that hard water issoftened thereby greatly facilitating the operation of washing.

What I claim is a semi-cylindrical body and the oscillating rubbermounted therein; of a removable stationary rubber'adapted to'fit thesemi-circular'bottom of the machine body and compris- I having eyes atone end loosely embracing said loops and adapted tobe secured fixedly tothe body of the machine to hinge the stationary rubber therein,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in thepresence of two witnesses. In a washing machine, thecombination with z v WILLIAM A. 'ORISLIP.

Witnesses:

W. TAYLOR GEORGE, FRED 0. .BLUE.

